Irish Icon Katie Taylor To Rematch Russia’s Ochigava

Katie Taylor advanced to her six straight AIBA World Women’s Elite Championships quarter-final since Russia 2005 at the 8th AIBA World Women’s Championships in Jeju, South Korea today.

The Bray woman, who is targeting a fifth successive title in Jeju, beat Finland’s Mira Potkonen on a unanimous decision.

She’ll now meet Russia’s Sofya Ochigava in the last-eight tomorrow in a rematch of the 2011 and 2012 European, World and Olympic finals, all of which Taylor won.

Belfast bantamweight Michaela Walsh lost to Azerbaijan’s
Anna
Alimardanova today. The Azeri southpaw earned a majority decision after four close rounds in Jeju.